Escape to the Surface

An iPad game for middle school students to teach them about the different layers of the Earth's surface.

Designed as an educational game to be used in a middle school classroom in order to teach students about the layers of the Earth's surface. Players took control of a ball of magma and used the iPad's accelerometer to guide it from the core to the surface to erupt out of a volcano. Each level represented a different layer of the Earth, progressing from inner core to outer core to mantle and finally to the crust.

Design Highlights:

Created suitable obstacles to represent differences in layers, such as moving obstacles for the fluid mantle